what’s happening around barrow

Barrow Neurological Foundation and St. Joseph’s Foundation have installed a Donor Recognition Wall in St. Joseph’s renovated and expanded Stardust Foundation Lobby. The video wall presents information about philanthropy’s role at the hospital, the foundations’ governing boards, donors’ stories and the hospital’s mission. The wall also lists members of the Heritage Society’s Circles of Value and donors to the Pushing Boundaries Capital Campaign. Please be sure to take a look the next time you visit the hospital!

Barrow co-sponsors disabled sports event

Barrow teamed with the Mesa Association of Sports for the Disabled, the Paralympic Academy and Arizona State University (ASU) in presenting the 2006 Arizona Paralympic Academy & 9th Annual Disabled Sports Expo on Oct. 28 at ASU. The event included a paralympic academy clinic with sessions about paralympic sports, disability responsibility and equipment modification. The expo featured instruction and demonstration of such sports as quad rugby, tennis and wheelchair basketball.

Child Neurology and Pediatric Neurosurgery join forces
The physicians in Child Neurology and Pediatric Neurosurgery at St. Joseph’s have combined their practices to create the Pediatric Neurosciences Center, located in Suite 400 of the McAuley Office Building on the hospital campus. There are 12 pediatric neurologists, one pediatric neurosurgeon and one nurse practitioner in the new center. The physicians provide services to several areas on the St. Joseph’s campus, including Barrow Neurological Institute, the Children’s Health Center and Children’s Rehabilitative Services.

New pediatric epilepsy specialist starts New-Onset Seizure Clinic.

Kevin Chapman, MD, a new pediatric epileptologist at St. Joseph’s Children’s Health Center, has opened a clinic for patients with new-onset seizures. Patients at the New-onset Seizure Clinic undergo tests to determine if they are having seizures and what type of epilepsy they have. The clinic provides newly diagnosed patients and their parents with information, treatment and support to help them begin dealing with epilepsy.

Dr. Chapman comes to St. Joseph’s from Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas, where he served as an assistant professor in the Department of Pediatrics and the Section of Neurology and Neuroscience. He completed his residency in Pediatrics and Pediatric Neurology at Texas Children’s Hospital with special qualifications in Child Neurology and Neurophysiology. He is a member of the American Epilepsy Society and the American Academy of Neurology.

“Life’s Not Always Black or White: Gray Matters!” was the theme of the Women’s Board 2007 Education Day on Feb. 8. Guest speakers Eric vanSonnenberg, MD, chairman and professor of Radiology at St. Joseph’s, and John Kresl, MD, PhD, Arizona Oncology Services at St. Joseph’s, discussed alternatives to surgery, includ- ing Gamma Knife, CyberKnife and tumor ablation.

Attendees enjoyed a continental breakfast in the Marley Lobby and took tours of the MedPresence Conference Room, presented by Shahram (Shez) Partovi, MD, director of Medical Informatics at St. Joseph’s and Barrow. Karen Meyer was chairman of this year’s event.

Center for Transitional Neurorehabilitation celebrates 20th anniversary

The Center for Transitional Neurorehabilitation (CTN) celebrated its 20th anniversary at a fundraising gala on Oct. 14 at the Caleo Resort in Scottsdale. Susan Goldstein, a former CTN patient, and Lauren Dawson, PhD, a neuropsychologist, co-chaired the event.

About 300 staff, former patients and friends of the CTN attended the dinner. Special awards were presented to George Prigatano, PhD, the neuropsychologist who founded CTN, Kathern Plenge, MD, a neurologist who was medical director of the CTN until her retirement in 2001, and Pam Klonoff, PhD, who helped launch the CTN and has been its clinical director since 1993.

The Center for Transitional Neurorehabilitation was founded in 1986 to help people rebuild their lives after life-changing brain injuries. Since its beginning, it has grown significantly, caring for more patients and more types of neurological problems.

The event raised more than $100,000 for the CTN. ■

Barrow News & Events | Home